Fish lure



Jan. 17, 1950 c. c. RoBERT 2,495,134

FISH LURE Filed Jan. 27, 1948 INVENTOR. amma 0. ROBERTS,

770mm Y5.

Patented Jan. 17, 1950 UNITED STATES OFFICE.

FISH

Constance CI.Roberts,eMosinee,=Wists Applicationilanuary27,'194s.;-seria;mu.-4,556

- 2Claimsn (eras-4222i 1 This invention relates to an improved-fishlure. It isan object of this invention tdprovid'e-an improved fishinglure of the kind tobe -more -par.- ticularly describedhereinafter'having a concavoconvex plate mounted on the front endthereof *5 and means foradj usting th'e plate so that thelure may have avertical wobbling motion or a'horizontally wobbling motion at the-'willof thefish erman.-

Another object of this invention is to provide a lure of this kind inwhich the adjustment of the frontplate may be'sustained byalspringcarried by the lure of such a strength that. thep'i'ate will bemaintainedin position .inthe normal use of the lure,but may be changedand adjusted by r the normal or slightly exaggerated forcerof thefingers ofthe fisherman With the aboveand other'objects in: view; myinvention consists in the arrangement, combination and details ofconstruction disclosedfinthe drawings and specificatiom. and then moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal,- medial crosssection of a fishing lureconstructed according to my invention,

Figure 2 is a front elevation with the plate removed,

Figure 3 is a front elevation, and

Figure 4 is a front elevation of the plate adjusted oppositely from theadjustment shown in Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates generally animproved fishing lure which may be used as a lure which will wobbleunder the water when the front plate is adjusted to certain positions ormay be transformed into a type known as the popping surface lure inother adjusted positions of the plate.

The lure I0 is formed of a plug body II which may be formed of wood orplastic or other suitable material. The plug l l is substantiallycylindrical in cross section, having a conical rear end [2 and a fiatfront surface M.

The front surface I4 is in a plane disposed at an angle other than aright angle to the longitudinal axis of the plug ll, the shorter lengthof the plug being disposed at the bottom thereof.

A central pin or screw it is engaged in the plug body Ii substantiallyat the center of the front surface It. A pair of longitudinally spacedapart pins as l5 and l! are pressed into the face It on opposite sidesof and above the screw It. A pair of pins l8 and I9 are disposed onopposite sides of and below the screw 16.

"155m"the mid length portion=of the plate.

i outer surf a'ceofi the plate -2 l.

2 The pins 1 5, l 1;?- l 8 andrl 9 are formed with semisphericalheads;as indicated by the numeral 20 in "Figure- =1 of the drawing; to provideforwardly extending-'detents cit-the. flat surface 14.

The detents 2!! provide bearing-surfaces for. the plate 21 to bedescribed; This plate is formed of 'a 'piece of thin= metal orothersuitable rigid material of ='elongated-; rectangular shape bent intoasegmental arcuate configuration.

The plate 2i is concavo convexiand is attached to the-plug=ll with"- its:concave face disposed forwardly. This plate is formed with-an elongatedslot-'22 extending along the mid-width portion thereof from a point nearone end substantially The shank of the screw-* lfi extends through "theslot 22iIFthE-IJ18L36 2i andinto the body I I A spherical-washer 24is-disposed about the shank-' of- 'thebolt" lfi fbnengagement with the Aspring 25 is coiled abbutthe 'shank otthe'pin or screw I 5 forwardlyoftheplate-i l and-"engages at one end in the=forwardly'extendingrconcave' of the Washer 24.

A second-"washer 'z td concavo convex in: con- Qdtfiguratiomis.d-isposed-"about the opposite orouter end of the screw 16 and the outerend of the spring 25 engages in the inwardly disposed concave side ofthe washer 24a.

The eye 26 on the extreme forward end of the 30 screw [6 restrains theforward washer 24a against movement and provides a means for attachingthe lure [0 to a fishing line.

The spring 25 continually exerts a bearing force on the plate 2| forholding the plate in engagement with the flat surface l4. As the convexsurface of the plate 2| will engage the face l4 along a'line radialrelative to the screw It, the detents or heads 20 of the pins l5, l1, l8and I9 provide bearings for the convex surface of the plate 2| 40 spacedfrom the screw It.

With the plate 2! disposed in a position as shown in Figures 1 and 3 ofthe drawings, the slot 22 is disposed at the upper end of the plateabove the screw l6. In this position of the plate the lure travels underwater while being retrieved and also wobbles from side-to-side. When itis desired to increase the diving force of the plug I l, the plate 2|may be slid downwardly relative to the screw It to the position as shownin dotted lines in Figures 1 and 3.

When it is desired to use the lure as a surface type lure, the plate 2|is rotated 90 degrees so that the slot 22 extends laterally to one sideof the screw 16 as shown in dotted lines in Figure 4 of the drawings.When the lure is pulled over posite that indicated above in connectionwith Figure 1.

The slot 22 may be disposed on either side of the screw I6 by rockingthe plate 2| or pivoting it to the position desired.

The disposition of the detents is such to provide the forwardly disposedbearing surface for the plate H in any position: of the plate in itsselected pivoted or slidably adjusted position.

A screw eye 21 is screwed into the rear, conical end of the body II andconcavo-convex washer '28 surrounds the shank of this screw eye adjacentthe eye thereof and receives the rounded rear end of the body II. Atriple hook 29 is pivotally connected to the screw eye 21. A secondscrew eye 30 is screwed into the bottom side of the body ll intermediatethe length of the body and a washer 3| surrounds the shank of this screweye between the eye thereof and the body II. A triple hook 32 ispivotally connected at one end to the screw eye 30.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A fish lure comprising an elongated plug body having a flat for-wardend, a pin extending forwardly from said flat forward end and providingat its outer end a line attaching eye, a plurality of rounded detents onsaid forward end surrounding said pin and spaced from said pin and fromeach other, an elongated, rectangular plate having a concavo-convexcurvature disposed on the forward end of said plug body with its concaveside directed forwardly and its convex side bearing on said detents,said plate having therein an elongated slot extending from a pointadjacent one end substantially to the mid-length portion of said platealong the mid-width portion of the plate and receiving said pin, aspring carried by said pin and bearing against the concave side of saidplate to force the convex side of the latter into frictional engagementwith said detents, and a concavo-convex washer interposed between saidspring and the concave side l0 of said plate. 2. A fishing lurecomprising an elongated plug having a flat, forward end, a pin extendingforwardly from said flat, forward end substantially centrally thereof, apair of spaced apart,

rounded detents on the flat, forward end of "said plug disposed abovesaid .pin and at respectively opposite sides of the latter, a pair ofspaced apart, rounded detents on the fiat, forward end of said plugdisposed below said pin and a respectively opposite sides of the latter,

,a -concavo-convex plate having an elongated slot therein receiving saidpin, said plate being dis posed with the convex face thereof adjacentthe fiat end of said plug and engaging said detents, and spring meanscarried by said pin and engaging said plate on the concave side thereofto frictionally hold said plate in selected positions of adjustment onsaid plug.

CONSTANCE C. ROBERTS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,499,819 Goble July 1, 19241,842,591 Dunkelberger Jan. 26, 1932 2,008,250 Haas July 16, 19352,134,330 Fink Oct. 25, 1938 I FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date67,717 Norway Apr. 11, 1944

